CHAPTER IV RENEWAL, ASSIGNMENT AND LICENSING OF REGISTERED TRADEMARKS
@@ Article 23. The period of validity of a registered trademark
shall be ten years, counted from the day the registration is approved.
@@ Article 24. If a registrant needs to continue to use the
registered trademark after the period of validity expires, an
application for renewal of registration shall be made within six
months before the expiration. If the registrant fails to make such
an application within that period, an extension period of six months
may be granted. If no application has been filed before the
extension period expires, the registered trademark shall be cancelled.
The period of validity for each renewal of registration shall be ten
years.
After a renewal of registration has been approved, it shall be
publicly announced.
@@ Article 25. When a registered trademark is to be assigned, the
assignor and the assignee shall jointly file an application with
the Trademark Office. The assignee shall guarantee the quality of the
goods on which the registered trademark is to be used.
After the assignment of a registered trademark has been approved, it
shall be publicly announced.
@@ Article 26. A trademark registrant may, by concluding a
trademark licensing contract, authorize another person to use
its registered trademark. The licensor shall supervise the quality
of the goods on which the licensee uses the licensor's registered
trademark, and the licensee shall guarantee the quality of the goods
on which the registered trademark is to be used.
The trademark licensing contract shall be submitted to the Trademark
Office for the record.
CHAPTER V DETERMINATION OF DISPUTES CONCERNING REGISTERED TRADEMARKS
@@ Article 27. If there is a dispute over a registered
trademark, the disputant may apply to the Trademark Review and
Adjudication Board for a ruling within one year from the day the
trademark registration was approved.
After the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board has
received an application for a ruling, it shall notify the parties
concerned and request them to reply within a specified period.
@@ Article 28. If an opposition was filed and a ruling already made
prior to the approval of the registration of a trademark, the
same facts and reasons may not be used in an another application for a
ruling.
@@ Article 29. After the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board
has made the final ruling upholding or revoking a registered
trademark in dispute, it shall notify the parties concerned in writing.
CHAPTER VI ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF THE USE OF TRADEMARKS
@@ Article 30. In the event of any of the following acts
concerning the use of a registered trademark, the Trademark
Office shall order rectification of the situation within a
specified period or shall revoke the registered trademark:
(1) if any word or design, or combination thereof, of the
registered trademark is altered without authorization;
(2) if the registrant's name, address or any other registered
matters concerning the registered trademark is changed without
authorization;
(3) if the registered trademark is assigned without authorization; and
(4) if the registered trademark has not been used for three
consecutive years.
@@ Article 31. If a registered trademark is used on crudely
manufactured goods that are passed off as being of high
quality, thus deceiving consumers, the administrative departments
for industry and commerce at various levels shall, according to
the circumstances, order rectification of the situation within a
specified period and may, in addition, circulate a notice on the
matter or impose a fine, or the Trademark Office may revoke the
registered trademark.
@@ Article 32. If a registered trademark is revoked or is not
renewed after its period of validity expires, the Trademark
Office shall not approve any application for the registration of a
trademark identical with or similar to the said trademark within
one year from the day of the revocation or cancellation.
@@ Article 33. In the event of a violation of the provisions of
Article 5 of this Law, the local administrative department for
industry and commerce shall order the violator to file an
application for registration within a specified period and may, in
addition, impose a fine.
@@ Article 34. In the event of any of the following acts
concerning the use of an unregistered trademark, the local
administrative department for industry and commerce shall stop
the use of the trademark,